So I'm trying to master adventure mode solo as a human demigod swordsman. For the record this is a fresh install of 31.18, a world generated with default settings, no modding, nothing changed except to add mayday graphics.
I was traveling near a frozen coastline between towns when darkness fell and 5ish bogeymen ambushed me - to make a long story short, I ran out across the glacier to escape them and eventually killed them one-by-one. But now I'm standing in the middle of a glacier and unable to travel; "You must move away from the water before you can travel."
Well, at this point I probably should've retraced my steps to the north, but I seemed to be halfway across this small bay and I was traveling south anyway, so I decided to continue south and cross the frozen bay. I walk.. and walk.. and walk.. for so long I suspect it's bugged somehow, seeing nothing but endless glacier and always unable to travel. Eventually I have to sleep, and continue walking through the day, until suddenly:
"You have discovered an eerie cavern. The air above the dark stone floor is alive with vortices of purple light and dark boiling clouds. Seemingly bottomless glowing pits mark the surface."
One moment, walking across a glacier, the next I'm in hell. It's populated by friendly demons which I can talk to (they don't have much interesting to say) and I am now "Average-sized for a horned devil" with no skills, no inventory, and a new set of attributes to match my new form (apparently devils have superior patience and high memory, but low social awareness. Go figure). Also, it appears I can fly. My description says:
"A great spider composed of salt. It has two long straight horns and it undulates rhythmically. Beware its poisonous bite!"
I've spent some time exploring hell, there does not appear to be a way out, or any quests or buildings or items or really anything at all except the glowing pits and the occasional friendly devil without anything interesting to say. For an adventurer, this
is hell. What do I do now?
Screenshots:
Announcements screen, including the discovery of hell about halfway down:
http://img705.imageshack.us/i/announcements.jpg/My new attributes/description:
http://img407.imageshack.us/i/attributes.jpg/Even demons fear the bogeymen:
http://img21.imageshack.us/i/bogeyman.jpg/Flying over a glowing pit (this is what all of hell looks like):
http://img832.imageshack.us/i/glowingpit.jpg/Death by picking a fight with Demon of Pig Iron:
http://img405.imageshack.us/i/deceased.jpg/Save:
http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=3697